Article: Military armed terrorists (Abu Sayyaf).

The rebels responsible for kidnapping foreign tourists in the southern Philippines in April were armed and financed from within the nation's armed forces, according to Marites Dangilan Vitug and Glenda Gloria, authors of The Crescent Moon: Rebellion in Mindanao. They allege that military officers first armed rebel group Abu Sayyaf to divide the Muslim insurgency and to protect their economic interests. `Illegal logging was a partnership between Abu Sayyaf and the marines from 1992 to 1996,' says Father ...

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